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Experts maybe freezing bananas if Celsius drops (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old hands

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'experts' is the definition.
(old hand is a kind of expert)

'freezing bananas if celsius drops' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bananas' could be 'hand' (I've seen this before) and 'hand' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'olds' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'maybe' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for old hands that I've seen before include "Experienced folk" , "Experienced people who have given long service" , "Experts" , "Experienced persons" , "Veterans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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